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Hello everyone! Today I have a small tidbit of information for you.
Last week, I had requested to have allergy testing to see what foods I am allergic to because of a certain health problem. I specifically asked for food intolerance and food allergy testing. The GP's office told me it was very comprehensive and would be expensive to pay out of the pocket.
My insurance covers it.
I made the appointment and had blood drawn.
Several days later, my husband received the phone call with my results. It seems I am allergic to dog fur! I have two dogs. I've had as many as 4 in the house at one time. I've had dogs for most of my life! Imagine my surprise to know that I am allergic to my babies! No wonder I have a stuffy head almost every day. This was not the bad part.
I called my doctor's office to get the scoop on the whole shebang. I asked to see my labs and I received them via fax. Here is the bad part...
My lab results only included cow's milk and peanuts! Everything else was environmental. Trees, grasses, bugs, animals, etc. Only 31 results were listed! They only checked 31 things! Only 2 were foods!!! Comprehensive?!
I called back to complain and they said they would check into it and call me back. I was fuming! I specifically requested food intolerance/food allergy testing. They offered to redo the testing for foods and not charge me for the environmental. They said it would only cover about the same amount of items that the environmental covered. YOY!!! I am thinking about it. I have seven days after the blood draw before they destroy my sample.
What to do? Be charged for nothing much that would be of benefit?
The moral of the story is to ask to see your labs to make sure they are doing what they said. It is easier to dispute something when you see it right away. Why charge your insurance for things that you didn't request? I would never have known the mistake. I wouldn't have questioned it at all and would have wasted my money and my insurance money and believed I was only allergic to dogs. They want to send me for a scratchie test to find out other allergens which the blood test didn't cover. Yeah. Right! Like I'm going to believe them now. I don't like doctors to begin with and this is sealing the deal.
I'm looking into an alternate route.
Be aware! Take care.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tidbit of Information - Be Aware!
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KAMPALA, Uganda – Rights groups are urging Ugandan security forces to show restraint as they crack down on a tribal militia in a remote area near Congo.
More than four dozen people have been killed in clashes since Thursday, most of them guards protecting a tribal king who is critical of long-time President Yoweri Museveni. The militia, armed with modern weapons as well as spears and machetes, have killed more than a dozen police officers.
In a statement Monday, Amnesty International said the Ugandan security forces "must not jettison human rights in their handling of the clashes" in the western Kasese district.
Maria Burnett, an Africa researcher with Human Rights Watch, said that "everyone, including government troops and their commanders should face investigations into their conduct that led to the deaths."


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6 Responses to My IMDb "Top 10" List Widget
None of these are among my favorites, but then again, I think I've only seen two or three of these 🙂 I keep adding favorites all the time, and I think it's impossible to put up a top-10 list…
I really don't have a favorite. I have tons of DVDs and I tend to watch them a lot and I get sick of them. LOL!
Neko: I'd recommend trying to see some of these. I'm a fan of the "classics". They're what movies used to be and still should be. I add to my favorites often too and they change as I see something that becomes my "new favorite". It was almost impossible for me to narrow it down to 10, but I didn't want a list that was too long. Maybe next time I'll go for 25 or 50!! 😉
Laura we have an extensive DVD collection as well. We'd much rather watch a DVD than most of the crap that's on tv. We do keep the tv on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) quite often as our background noise. We love it!! I got K hooked a couple summers ago when they had "Summer Under the Stars" and now she's a fan of the classics as well.
We have It's a Wonderful Life. Have seen Dirty Dancing and I think Tombstone. It's possible I've seen some others as my hubby is a black and white fanatic. I will watch and have no idea what the name of the movie is. Or I start getting into the movie and he turns the channel.
Oh I'd have to rip his a new one if he changed the channel!! HAHA Our biggest distraction is K. She'll talk or do something at a "critical" point. Drives me absolutely nuts!!
Hubby is the trivia whiz in this family. Trivia about just about anything, but movies and music are his biggies. I refuse to play against him!!


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My MBA classmates and I were discussing the whole Rosie/Donald debacle and I was remarking tonight how interesting it is that one of the world's wealthiest and most successful businessmen is acting like a two-year old with a slightly older vocabulary. What should I spy when I get home but a special envelope, addressed in that fake "handwriting" to ME, from one Mr. Donald Trump, return post to New York City.
My first thought was, "What? Me be on the LA version of The Apprentice? I thought they already filmed that." HAHAHA.
But no.
Instead I was invited to be his "personal guest to hear [his] real Trump story on wealth creation from [his] daughter, Ivanka Trump, and be trained by "4" self-mdade multi-millionaire experts in America." I'm to be his "special VIP guest" and I am receiving "two personal guest tickets and a special gift, a complimentary edition of "TRUMP – Think Like a Billionaire". What's more "the suggested tuition fee of $149 is waived for you."
I have to say, I'm intrigued. I don't want to hear his daughter speak so much as I want to see who else received this special invitation to the "Los Angeles 2007 Creating Wealth Summit." Anyone else? It's February 9 and I've got two tickets. I share if you'll just convince me to go with you!
PS Maybe Ivanka will reveal the secret to Daddy's infamous combover?


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National News:-
1)Sir Creek is very important for national security: Nirmala Sitharaman:-
- The resolution to the Sir Creek dispute has been considered a low-hanging fruit for sometime now. The demarcation of the 96 km strip of water in the Rann of Kutch marshlands was one of the factors that contributed to the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
- Therefore, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently said that Sir Creek, located on the Gujarat border with Pakistan, is a "very important place" for national security, particularly Gujarat's security.
- India and Pakistan have discussed about the land boundary in the Sir Creek area and also delimitation of International Maritime Boundary between India and Pakistan. They have expressed their desire to find an amicable solution of the Sir Creek issue through sustained and result- oriented dialogue.
- Sir Creek is a 96-km strip of water disputed between India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch marshlands. Originally named Ban Ganga, Sir Creek is named after a British representative. The Creek opens up in the Arabian Sea and roughly divides the Kutch region of Gujarat from the Sindh Province of Pakistan.
- Apart from strategic location, Sir Creek's core importance is fishing resources. Sir Creek is considered to be among the largest fishing grounds in Asia.
- Another vital reason for two countries locking horns over this creek is the possible presence of great oil and gas concentration under the sea, which are currently unexploited thanks to the impending deadlock on the issue.
2)Uttarakhand ropes in HNB Garhwal University students to clean Ganga:-
- Uttarakhand-based Hemawati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University has signed a MoU with Namami Gange Project for Ganga Conservation.
- Under Namami Gange project, the University will initiate activities like holding events, seminars and conferences to make strong pitch for public outreach and community participation.
- The Union government approved "Namami Gange" Program in May 2015. It integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga River in a comprehensive manner.
- Among other things, the programme will focus on pollution abatement interventions namely Interception, diversion & treatment of wastewater flowing through the open drains through bio-remediation / appropriate in-situ treatment / use of innovative technologies.
3)FSSAI launches online platform for food inspection, sampling:-
- To bring in transparency in food safety inspection and sampling, food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has put in place a nationwide online platform called 'FoSCoRIS' and has asked states to adopt this system as it would help eliminate discrepancy and make food safety officers accountable.
- The web-based 'FoSCoRIS' system will help verify compliance of food safety and hygiene standards by food businesses as per the government norms.
- The new system will bring together all key stakeholders — food businesses, food safety officers (FSOs), designated officers, state food safety commissioners — on a nation-wide IT platform and data related to inspection, sampling and test result data will be shared seamlessly by all the officials.
- This system will give a clear picture to the FSSAI on the real-time basis and helps eliminate any discrepancy, hence inspection is accountable. The system will ease out the process of sample collection, make it transparent and traceable and controls the quality of compliances.
- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries and Departments.
- It was created for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption.
International News:-
1)UN Security Council Unanimously Steps Up Sanctions Against North Korea:-
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country's sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, imposing a ban on the country's textile exports and capping imports of crude oil.
- It was the ninth sanctions resolution unanimously adopted by the 15-member council since 2006 over North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
Limits on imports of crude oil and oil products. China, Pyongyang's main economic ally, supplies most of North Korea's crude oil.
- A ban on exports of textiles, which is Pyongyang's second-biggest export worth more than $700m (£530m) a year.
- Measures to limit North Koreans from working overseas, which the US estimates would cut off $500m of tax revenue per year.
- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security.
- Its powers include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization of military action through Security Council resolutions; it is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding resolutions to member states.
- The Security Council has 15 members, including five permanent. The five permanent members, each with the power of veto, are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Economic News:-
1)Farm loan waiver may push inflation by 0.2%: RBI paper:-
- In India, farm loan waivers have been announced intermittently by both the central and state governments to provide relief to farmers facing distress due to natural calamities/crop failure.
- However, according to a recent report by the RBI, farm loan waiver amounting to Rs 88,000 crore likely to be released in 2017-18 by seven states, including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, may push inflation on permanent basis by 0.2%.
- The total loan waiver amount that is likely to be released in 2017-18 by seven states is around Rs 881 billion (0.5% of Gross Domestic Product, GDP). That Loan waivers could add to the fiscal burden over the medium term as they are essentially a transfer from taxpayers to borrowers.
- Besides, random fiscal policy shocks, such as loan waivers, have an enduring impact on market borrowings, as evident from past episodes of such waivers.
Drawbacks of loan waivers:-
- Firstly, it covers only a tiny fraction of farmers. The loan waiver as a concept excludes most of the farm households in dire need of relief and includes some who do not deserve such relief on economic grounds.
- Second, it provides only a partial relief to the indebted farmers as about half of the institutional borrowing of a cultivator is for non-farm purposes.
- Third, in many cases, one household has multiple loans either from different sources or in the name of different family members, which entitles it to multiple loan waiving.
- Fourth, loan waiving excludes agricultural labourers who are even weaker than cultivators in bearing the consequences of economic distress.
- Fifth, it severely erodes the credit culture, with dire long-run consequences to the banking business.
- Sixth, the scheme is prone to serious exclusion and inclusion errors, as evidenced by the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) findings in the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008.
- Lastly, schemes have serious implications for other developmental expenditure, having a much larger multiplier effect on the economy.
2)Direct tax revenue grows 17.5% to Rs 2.24 lakh cr in Apr-Aug:-
- Direct Tax Collections has shown a growth of 17.5 percent upto August this year, standing at 2.24 lakh crore rupees which is 17.5 percent higher than net collections for same period last year.
- This collection is 22.9 percent of the total Budget Estimates of Direct Taxes for the Financial Year 2017-18. In a series of tweet, Finance Ministry, the growth rate for Corporate Income Tax (CIT) during the period is 5 per cent while that for Personal Income Tax, it is 16 percent.
- However, after adjusting for refunds, the net growth in CIT collections is 18.1 per cent while that in PIT collections, it is 16.5 per cent.
- The Ministry also said, refunds worth over 74 thousand crore rupees were issued during April, 2017 to August, 2017 which are 7.2 per cent lower than refunds issued during same period in 2016-17.
3)Retail inflation rises to five-month high of 3.36 per cent in August:-
- Retail inflation rose to a five-month high of 3.36 per cent in August this year, due to some food items turning costlier. Consumer price index based inflation had stood at 2.36 per cent in July this year.
- Overall food inflation in August reversed its deflationary trend, and rose to 1.52 per cent in August, government data showed.
4)India's industrial production grows 1.2 per cent in July:-
- The country's industrial production grew 1.2 per cent in July this year. Industrial output had grown 4.5 per cent in July last year, and contracted 0.2 per cent in June this year.
- According to data released by the Central Statistics Office, on Tuesday, manufacturing output grew 0.1 percent in July, and electricity generation increased 6.5 percent, percent during the month.
- Capital goods output contracted 1 percent in July. Consumer durables output shrank 1.3 percent, but production of consumer non-durables rose 3.4 percent in July.
Science and Technology:-
1)Ultra-thin craft may wrap and destroy space junk:-
- Scientists are developing an ultra-thin spacecraft that can remove space debris – which potentially threaten satellites or astronauts – by enveloping junk in the Earth's orbit and dragging it through the atmosphere, causing it to burn up. The Brane Craft, being developed by US-based Aerospace Corporation, is a flexible and less than half the thickness of a human hair.
- The spacecraft is designed to be resilient. Its microprocessor and digital electronics are fabricated in a way to ensure that if one component gets damaged, the others will continue to work.
- The project received funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which focuses on space research that are in early stages.
- Brane Crafts will be powered by ultra-thin solar cells as well as a little bit of propellant.
- After each Brane envelops a piece of space junk, it will navigate back to towards Earth, causing the junk to burn up in the atmosphere.


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The Working River. Jason Stanek Wakana Takahashi School of Law School of Architecture & Planning. Niagara Power Project Robert Moses Power Plant & Lewsiton Pump-Generating Plant. 2,575,000 kilowatt generating capacity 325,000 additional kilowatts will be generated by 2006.
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Expires in 2006.
Source: Niagara Redevelopment Act (1956)
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250,000 kilowatt block of power.
Available within a thirty (30) mile radius from the hydro power facility.
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2. Well-educated, inexpensive workforce- workforce finished w/high school or more: over 75%
3. Short commuting distance- average 20 min./way
4. Inexpensive housing - Buffalo-Niagara MSA: $84,665/National: $100,583 (1998)
5. Location advantage - proximity to airport, Toronto and waterfront
6. Various economic advantages- Power for Jobs, Empire Zone Program
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Financial Incentives
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City Niagara Falls (Niagara)
Total Acreage 3.67 AC
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Rail Adjacent – Highland Ave.
Nearest Commercial Airport Niagara Falls International (6 miles)
Assessed Value $46,500.00
Designated Zone Part of parcel: NYS EDZ, Part of Niagara Falls Highland Ave. Redevelopment Plan
Contact Tom Tedesco, 716.286.8834
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'Harry Potter' Fans Honor Alan Rickman with Tribute at Platform 9¾
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Thank you to the Platform 9 3/4 shop for letting us do a tribute. #AlanRickman @WarnerBrosUK @jk_rowling pic.twitter.com/RBytdSFnhP— Lola Phoenix ? (@TheLolaPhoenix) January 14, 2016
The memorial joins other tributes that have been created around the globe. Fans at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida raised their wands and left flowers at Snape's door in memory of Rickman.
Whilst I was at King's Cross, I thought it would be fitting to visit Platform 9 and 3/4. A tribute to #AlanRickman pic.twitter.com/8W7TnOofo9— Claire (@xohelloimclaire) January 14, 2016
Rickman's costars, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, reached out earlier on Thursday to pay their respect to the late actor. Radcliffe shared in his tribute that "film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this great actor and man." "I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I'll really miss our conversations. RIP Alan. We love you." Watson wrote.
We raise our wands in tribute to Alan Rickman #alanrickman #afterallthistime #always #ripalanrickman #hogwarts #slytherin #slytherinhouse #severussnape #snape #lookatme #hogwartsismyhome #hufflepuff #diverselygeek #universalstudios #islandsofadventure #florida #thewizardingworldofharrypotter #harrypotter #raiseyourwands
I'm very sad to hear about Alan today. I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I'll really miss our conversations. RIP Alan. We love you
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SO..I decided to come and have a peek at my blog today and I just got the feeling that I might be ready to blog again. I'm still figuring it out but in the mean time I decided to write a little summin. Just as I was about to sign in, I tell u I got shivers of excitement down my spine!Literally. I mean its been so long and I thought I'd lost the passion for blogging but I guess not. Anyhoos, I excitedly typed in my email address, password and clicked the sign in button..."your password is incorrect". Huh?..another possible password..same message. Utter disbelief! I forgot my blogger password..lol.
So, basically i had to set up a new one..I guess its all linked to new beginnings. Somehow, I don't feel like I can continue on this blog even though I am definitely attached to it. If I do, start a new blog, I'ld love for interested readers to come along. So please drop your emails n I'll be sure to drop you the new link.
Life in the interim has been good though, lots of different stuff happening and I shall be glad to share them all with you soon ;-)
Adios Amigos!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Shivers down my spine
SO..I decided to come and have a peek at my blog today and I just got the feeling that I might be ready to blog again. I'm still figuring it out but in the mean time I decided to write a little summin. Just as I was about to sign in, I tell u I got shivers of excitement down my spine!Literally. I mean its been so long and I thought I'd lost the passion for blogging but I guess not. Anyhoos, I excitedly typed in my email address, password and clicked the sign in button..."your password is incorrect". Huh?..another possible password..same message. Utter disbelief! I forgot my blogger password..lol.
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Break in transmission
SOOO... I've been AWOL for a long time. It's been due to restricted internet acess and lack of inspiration. In that time I've thought about shutting down this blog a couple of times..I feel like i've lost the zest for blogging. When I stumbled across blogville 3 yrs ago, it was what I needed, it was this new, exciting, unfound place. A place where you could be what you really wanted to be and it gave you acess to other peoples genuine selves as well.
Now, I feel like blogville has evolved and maybe I have too. I do love this blog, cuz its like an extension of me and so Its hard for me to shut down. I might just leave it floating along in cyberspace and I might pop up in some other form on blogville. But for now nothing's certain except that there's a break in transmission.
I Will try to keep my footprints around on your blogs tho.
yours truly,
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Friday, May 15, 2009
I see nothing from afar but I'm far from nothing
I missed my bloggyboo! lol. It's exams oh..I've been living in the library for the past week! Wishing all the people that are gonna be writting exams soon goodluck!Sorry for the random title.. just a catchy lyric from a cool song :-)..just felt the need to clarify
So, there was this heated debate on one of the comment sections on Bella naija about foreigners and "half-castes" in Nigeria. I really wanted to write a post about some of the issues raised there and just basically stereotypes in Nig but that requires too much thought and effort at this point so I'll have to postpone it to after exams. I really wish I had something more constructive to say but alas i don't so I'll do a quick 8 things thingie
8 random things on my mind...if you care to know
-I must pass my exams like !!! just cuz I know I can :-)
-All my life I've said I love jesus but I never really meant it till now..not that I hated him..but i didn't feel it or more like I couldn't feel his love..i knew that he loved me but I just didnt feel it. Now I feel like my hearts gonna explode from all the love <3 <3 <3
- I am so Full..lol..n the apple crumble was yum!
-I can safely say that I've flushed the Ex outta my mind! Thank God!
- Jus saw a pic of Rihanna n *sigh* the girls lost it..The picture I am talking about is clean oh! before you go n start assuming..lol
-I need to do my laundry!
-"Kara kata lo mata"..lol random lyric from a song I'm presently listening to on Gidilounge.
- And ooh talkin bout Gidilounge..jus heard my Ex by this dude called L...nice tune...I like the guy already although I do not share the same feelings he has for his ex
And I'm out!
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Sunday, May 03, 2009
The place I'ld most like to be right now is in your arms...but they're closed and I shut them myself
Relationships are just....drama, stress etc. jeez so ended it with the bf and whoever said honesty was the best policy??Can I have a loaded ak47 so i can shoot that toot! I just had to go n be honest..and say all the things I felt and why? turns out I'm a cold bitch..who knew
I'm glad it's over with sha, I can go n focus on my life properly now.
Yesterday, I didnt sleep till 5 am because I was watching Madea's family reunion and the thing was taking forever to stream. But I was so determined to watch it that I stayed up all night for it. I have never done a studying all nighter before oh? Its now for film. Lol. I just really wanted to watch it and couldn't wait till morning cuz I knew that by then I would have lost interest. It was worth it though...very good movie...so many deep truths were preached and it was funny as heck.
Saw this video on soulproxies blog and I thought I'ld share it with you. Enjoy
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
If not loving you with all my heart's a crime..then i'm guilty
Gosh! this is very bad! Ok...rewind back to like to weeks ago. I was all happy in like and happy that me and bf finally got together and ready to brave any problems that come with long distance. Err..right now I'm thinking "What the hell was I thinking?!" *sob* this is exactly the situation predicted by my personality test i took a few months back
It is also true that you rarely fall in love because your expectations of your partner are very high and only very few will meet them.However, when it happens to you, things can get pretty intense. Then you even throw your previous taciturnity overboard, and compared to your normal behavior, you get loquacious and drippy. But that usually doesn't last long, as soon your analytical and rational part returns from its vacation, puts the entire matter under a microscope without mercy, and woe to your partner if he/she did not reach the required standards in some respect!
I can't believe how true that ish is! darn it. I was talking to a friend about it and she was like "sha don't make any rash decisions" Er I already did by jumping stupidly into this thing in the first place. I mean, he's OK but is he really the kind of guy I see myself being in a relationship with? no. I don't want to totally destroy his character on here cuz , really he's not that bad and I did like him. But as the "profound" quote from a movie I watched recently says " There's what you like and there is" . He is just not it. And now I feel very guilty cuz for like the past two days he didnt call and I was really thinking Stupid boy he didn't even call, its even better and all that so I did'nt bother to call/text him. Only for him to call and say that he's been ill for the past two days and ladida. Then he told me he loved me (which I don't believe anyway and is a whole different issue for another day) but then I had to say it back( Well, I didnt HAVE to cuz he didnt force my mouth open) cuz theres was like an akward pause. I feel so phony/fake?/feel free to insert any other word. I really have to tell him how I really feel but I really don't want to hurt him as well. And, maybe it's just a phase but I don't think so. I just don't understand how I can fall so easily out of like? Geez!
Anyhoos I just had to let that out. and btw I'm considering goin private..much safer.
Posted by Tiwa at 12:39 AM 8 comments
Monday, April 06, 2009
Lets get personal
Right now I have lots of things on my mind. First off, remember the person I was missing in my last post? Well... after a few texts and phonecalls, we found out that we stll liked eachother and decided to give it go. I'm very happy about this but all of a sudden unsure as well. Like is this what I really want? Can I handle being in a long-distance relationship..something I told myself I'll never do. And to be honest I'm totally clueless about this relationship thing.. cuz this is my first proper relationship with someone I actually really like. And I still don't think I can totally commit to one guy...I'm to used to being free to mingle and all that....*sigh* thats a whole load of questions but I'll just see how it goes and not take this too seriously.
Other things in my head. I miss my best friend. She was my best friend when I was younger..we drifted apart due to distaance and just basically growing up but then we kinda became friends again although this renewed frindship was short lived. The thing is I felt like I was the one who did everything, I visited her, I was the one always calling etc and I always felt like she was in control of our friendship. I am a very independent person and so I hated feeling like I was being controlled or whatever and so I decided I'ld just let go and leave her alone. If she didnt call me I wouldn't call her and basically our friendship fizzled out. It's sad cuz she was someone I always felt I could confide in and I miss that cuz there's not many people I feel that way about and I think I want to reach out again. Don't know if its a wise move...cuz she might end up taking me for granted again..or maybe I was just being paranoid bout everything and the real issue is me?
Even if it isnt a wise choice, this is not the first time I'ld do something stupid. I always see to be making the wrong choices. Lord I need WISDOM!
I have quite a few stuff lined up for easter so I'm tres excited! Hope you guys are looking forward to the easter break as well..
lots of love Mon cherie(s)
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Mii 2
Been thinking about a certain someone all day and I miss him. :-( I wish I had been less afraid/hesistant and made the most of our past time together...but then i didn't think I'ld end up liking him this much.. Oh well!
On to other things, babes have been on a very relaxed P mehn. Just sleeping, eating, watchin tv, facebooking and checking out blogs... don't you just hate it when certain words/trends just come n hijack your vocabulary/wadrobe and you wonder how you were ever able to succintly express/attire yourself when said word/wear was not invented. And don't you hate it even more when the same thing seems to be happening to everyone, and you are all carried away with the euphoria of the new found word/trend till it begins to suffer from overuse and misuse. Then the word/trend is punished by being banished into the pit of common-ness, razz-ness and so-last-year-ness. Leaving you to mourn the loss of your love.
I have a love/hate relationship with "in"-things..specifically reffering to fashion. While I want to be trendy, I hate doing/wearing what everyone one is wearing. Urgh! I just hate the whole me-too syndromne, If I'm not one of the early rockers of such things it hurts my pride to join in later and I am not an (obvious)swagger jacker..if you start something I'll leave you to finish it. But I am a freaking hypocrite! Cuz in more ways than one I am a big "mii 2-er" *Sigh*
.....................I know
lots of sweet hearts
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
The days are getting longer and the sun is shinning brighter. Summer's round the corner and my hearts getting lighter. "I rhyme am well" just like M.I. Lol. If you don't understand you need to elevate your P and educate yourself bout M.I., kay? He's actually performing today in London...and I'm just confirming that I'm there in the spirit. lol
Thank you for the comments on my last post. Really thank you so much made me smile and made my heart all warm n fuzzy. :-)
So, I'm sure you guys are all aware of the recent changes to facebook...I absolutely hate it! Like evrybody's business is own your home page, every single wall message and what not. Apparently they're trying to copy Twitter with the whole "whats on your mind" thing mschew! Can they not just stay true to the tried and tested one we all loved? Have they never heard of if it's not broke, don't fix it??!
Ok, now my rant is over :-) Very similar to the statuses that kept cropping up on my home page after they made the changes yesterday. You can see how passionate peole are about their precious facebook. I know i am one of them as well. I've been trying to fight facebook though, and blogs as well. The amount of time I spend reading people's blogs and being on facebook is just ridiculous. So i gave them both up for lent for a day... that counts right? lol. i know just one day, 24 hrs but boy it was tough!
I found this article on yahoo: Get off facebook and get a life! very apt title. Basically it says that too much time being sent on social networking sites can lead to alterations in our genes which may have health risks and also affect our ability to communicate effectively with each other. Hmm
I know people who have deactivated their facebook accounts or who never had it and I think "Wow! How can you exist without facebook?" (Ok thats a bit extreme) But basically the whole facebook phenomena has changed a lot of things about our world. Talk about never getting out of touch with people. Old school peeps that you thought you would never see again suddenly pop up with friend requests. Some times, I think its a bit too much cuz you cannot keep carrying everyone you've known all your life along with you. So selective friend approval is key espeacially now with this new format that everyone can see what you're doing. Less dramatically you can just limit your profile etc.
Nyways, what are your thoughts peeps. To facebook or not to facebook? Are you a facebook addict, or used to be and conquered it?
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Saturday, March 07, 2009
Better now
I feel so much better now and I'm so full of thanks to God cuz he's amazing. Thanks Buttercup for the hugs. Sending lots of luv and hugs right back at ya
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
I am really sad and frustrated at the moment and needed somewhere to vent. Can't call anyone to moan cuz I just don't know how to call people to talk about my problems plus i don't even have any freaking credit on my phone. Facebook status was an option...but too crying out for help/attention- ish. And then I remembered my dear blog. My only space to moan and vent and say what I like.
I'm frustrated because I am broke. Like finished my overdraft broke and I have so many things I need and want to do. It's such a sad situation. And I'm just sad because i can only see the negative side of everything right now. I have been so up and down this week. Started really down and then I got better and thought "Phew thank God that's over" Only for me to come crashing down again. I've been crying out for God cuz he's the ONLY person I can call on but I can't seem to reach him or maybe he's the one who can't reach me cuz I've put myself in this thick cloud of negative thinking/ungratefulness. Hmph! I just need a really big hug right now to hold me till I'm done crying and I'll be okay after that.
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I hate how I always have to start a post with an apology about my absence from my blog but I can't help it because I feel like a bad little mommy who abandoned her child. I'm always here though checking out the latest updates on my blogroll and all but the inspiration to blog has just been nil. But I had to snap out of it cuz I was missing my blog too much.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
By the way, I watched Breakfast at tiffany's the other day and its such a gem of a movie! Loved it. Plus just look how fabulous Holly looks in that pic. I know you've all seen the picture before but really have you seen the fabulousity of it, the perfectly coifed hair with the tiara like hair thingy, the classic wayfarers, the exquisitely gorgeous in your face necklace, the long gloves, and the fact that shes holding a cup of coffee and a croissant(at least I think it is). Have you ever had you breakfast looking that fabulous? Over the top to say the least but undeniably fabulous. (Okay, if, i had a pound for every time I've said the word "fabulous" in this post I could slowly begin making my way out of this economic gloom..lol. sorry for the overdose but i couldnt think of another suitably appropriate word :-))
Did you hear that Chris Brown beat up Riri?? Wonders shall never end, I'll be looking out for the official true story cuz I refuse to believe everything I hear.
Alas, we've come to the end of another random post. Have a lovely week and its goodbye from me! (I should so be a tv host...not. lol)
Chocolate hearts!
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
The picture on my wall
One of the other thoughts that have been going on in my head include how I keep failing to reach the epitomy of being a true christain. I see all these folks in my church who seem to be so on fire and devoted to God and I think "why can't I be like that?" Truth is I don't really know the inside of anyone so I shouldn't even be measuring up my christianity against theirs. But even at times, I don't want to read my bible because I know that in there would be a call to perfection, to being and doing more than I think I can in my own strength do. Then , I found this comforting and encouraging exract from The diary of an old soul by George MacDonald while reading a book
To measure dull contentment therewithal,
And know behind the human how I fall;
A vision true, of what one day shall be
When thou hast had thy very will with me"
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
My God given self
I wrote a rather mean and somewhat true post bout myself earlier...but didn't post it but now that I got over my mood, I decided to post it anyway.
I am a confused child. Nothing is ever black and white, there's always off-white,cream and then grey. I don't even know what I want. I say one thing and do the opposite. All as a result of trying to satisfy every wish/urge/person..Even though thats not possible. I'm appalled by my weakness to stand firmly for one thing no matter what.
I need clarity in my head. Nothing s ever clear....there's always the unknown haunting me and taunting me stopping me from taking the next step.
I'm scared of everything. Scared of the past, the future and today. Scared to love and too scared to allow myself to be loved truly and completely. Scared of hurting myself and others and scared of others hurting me. I'm too scared to be me and too scared to be anything else. ..Wimp!
I've caged myself in a see-thru plastic covering. You can see me, I can see you, you can even poke me and try to touch me but you can never feel me. I'm a result of never being really decided/involved/dedicated to anything...just been going wherever the wind blows me.
I need something to help me don't know what. I probably shouldnt post this on my blog..I sound like the miserable nut case that I am.
Did a personality test on http://www.ipersonic.com/ . According to them, I'm an Analytical thinker...Here's a snippet of the description..if you can be bothered to read...I've edited to include only the bits i agree most with
Analytical Thinkers are reserved, quiet persons. They like to get to the bottom of things - curiosity is one of their strongest motives. They want to know what holds the world together deep down inside. Analytical Thinkers like to work alone. .They are always a little like an "absent-minded professor" whose home and workplace are chaotic. in general,they are quite independent of social relationships and very self-reliant. ..(True but I'm tired of this freaking self reliance...darn it...a little help is always good even though it would kill me to ask for it)
...It takes some time before Analytical Thinkers make friends, but then they are mostly friends for life. ; they need a lot of time alone and often withdraw from others. Their partner must respect this and understand that this is not due to the lack of affection. Once they have decided in favour of a person, Analytical Thinkers are loyal and reliable partners. However, one cannot expect romance and effusive expressions of feelings from them and they will definitely forget their wedding anniversary. (OMG...lol) You also give the impression of being quiet, cool, distanced and deliberate - everything is true. It is also true that you rarely fall in love because your expectations of your partner are very high and only very few will meet them.
However, when it happens to you, things - especially for an introverted Thinker - can get pretty intense. Then you even throw your previous taciturnity overboard, and compared to your normal behavior, you get loquacious and drippy. But that usually doesn't last long, as soon your analytical and rational part returns from its vacation, puts the entire matter under a microscope without mercy, and woe to your partner if he/she did not reach the required standards in some respect! You have a very clear mental picture of your expectations and in this respect you are much too hardheaded and stubborn to be ready for any compromises. You would rather be alone than to put up with the second best, thank you very much.
So freaking true! Especially all the love related ones..lol.. God help me..I am going to defy this darn personality and evolve into a warm, open and loving girl...lol
Really and truly though, despite all my issues, I LOVE ME! Really I do, I'm so intricate and amusing in that unique way that alot of people do not understand...I think I'm really smart and strong, lovable etcetera etcetra
As you can see I'm my own biggest critique and admirer...such is life
Here's to my God given self and to yours!!!
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In 2015, DC Entertainment teamed up with IDW Publishing for a bizarre crossover series: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The crossover series was a hit, and now DC and IDW Publishing are putting together a sequel.
Donatello, constantly pushing his limits and seeking new ways to improve himself, homes to enlist Batman as a sensei. Opening a portal in an attempt to summon Batman, he accidentally brings Bane through instead while getting himself sucked into Gotham City. With Bane recruiting TMNT villains and taking over New York, Donatello must find Batman and find a way to get him to the Turtles' world to stop the new crime boss.
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Flosse poised to retake power in Tahiti
After last month's first round victory of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira, Gaston Flosse is poised to be returned to power this weekend.
The youngest assembly member of French Polynesia's Union of Democracy when it came to power in 2004 is quitting politics.
Sabrina Birk declined to stand in this year's territorial election, saying she wants more time for her family and because she considers that no politician should serve more than two terms.
After last month's first round victory of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira, Gaston Flosse is poised to be returned to power this weekend.
Sabrina Birk told Walter Zweifel this is possible because the French judiciary is slow.
BIRK: After 10 years, we still have Gaston Flosse presenting himself to elections. He has been condemned, but he is still able to present himself. He is not in jail, he is a free man, but we all know that he has taken money from our people, he's abused us, he's been corrupt. And all this is known publicly, but he's still free to present himself. So today, ten years after, there are many ways to explain how we arrived there, but I think one, our people are deceived, that we didn't manage to do the dreams that they were hoping for us to do. This has given us over the years a real bad image.
ZWEIFEL: And at the same time, though, voters seem to flock or return back to Tahoeraa despite the apparent judicial problems that the Tahoeraa leader has.
BIRK: Yes. There are many explanations. They might like the part that Flosse, he's like a hero for them. He can tell friends off when he's mad. The high commissioner is really scared of Flosse. So maybe they think, "Let's get a real tough guy that's going to tell France what to do." Maybe they are dreaming and thinking that at the time when Flosse was in power there was Chirac and they had money like they want. I wouldn't say that they are all voting because they like Flosse. Some are voting for Flosse because they are scared, already scared now that if Flosse comes back to power they will not have jobs, they will not be able... If you are an enterprise, a businessman, you won't have any markets open to you because Flosse is all-powerful and we all know how he ruled like an octopus in this country. And so, as you noticed on the first tour election, there was very little joy, not at all like the Tahoeraa. And yet he had 50,000 votes, which is way over what the Tahoeraa was. There was no explosion of joy. In fact, it's a sad victory for the people because it's one where they feel like their dreams are taken away from them. It's like when you see a woman that's been battered by her husband and she has to go back to that husband, that means we have not managed to save this woman. She is going back to this husband because he feeds her, he gives her a house. But he's going to batter her. And women go back when you are uncapable of giving them their own independence. So this means our people, we have not managed to deliver them, they are not free. They are going back to Gaston Flosse not with joy, but sadly going back to him.
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American Consumers Prefer Pasta Over Chocolate!
Recent Survey Conducted on Behalf of the National Pasta Association Shows that Americans Would Give Up Chocolate before Skipping the Spaghetti
According to a recent survey conducted for the National Pasta Association (NPA) by Kelton Research, consumers picked pasta over chocolate as the one food they could not live without. Fifty-nine percent of Americans ages 18-54 said they would give up chocolate before they'd skip the spaghetti, elbows or fusilli.
According to the NPA survey, an average American eats pasta seven times per month and has five packages of dry pasta in their cupboard or pantry. Tallied up, Americans eat about 20 pounds of pasta per person in the U.S. each year.
With that rate of consumption, it's no wonder that one in five of those surveyed who had tried and failed at low carbohydrate dieting said pasta was their downfall – they missed it too much. That compares to only 16% who said they lacked motivation to stick with the plan.
Those surveyed believe that pasta is affordable (79%), easy to prepare (80%) and a food that most people enjoy (72%).
Which pasta is found on more plates? Thirty-two percent of those surveyed say spaghetti is their personal favorite, followed by angel hair with 16% of the votes, and penne with 11%. Bowties came in last with only 4% of the tally.
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Japan bashing is in these days. But lest we forget, we do a good job of bashing our own companies.
The United States has always had problems with profit. We extol the virtues of the pursuit of profit. Yet we are unsure of the virtue of profit once achieved. We tax profits twice and, accounting-wise, often force profits to be maximum for greater tax revenue.
We have diminished and distracted our great international companies with antitrust suits -- General Motors, IBM, Xerox, Kodak. Recently, Exxon had the misfortune to spill oil in Alaska. The federal judge in the case wanted the penalty based on profitability instead of an agreed-upon amount. I wonder if he ever stopped to think what a wonderful profit-making machine Exxon is. Exxon dividends fuel pension plans, mutual funds, put kids through college and give prudent investors a comfortable retirement.


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I find it fascinating that in just one week's time, I have become one of the targets of those that oppose any regulation on guns, gun safety, and gun ownership in America. I am actually ok with all that -- the statement I drafted that was signed by over 300 other college and university presidents is hardly a radical manifesto. In short, all we are asking for is that before private citizens can acquire a gun, that they go through some reasonable background check, that some rational limits be placed on what kinds of guns can be acquired, and that we be allowed to keep these deadly weapons off our campuses. I think we all find it hard to believe that people could take major issue with any of this, but we certainly know that's the case.
The NRA response, though, is just mind-boggling to me. In the 62 mass murder cases over 30 years examined by Mother Jones magazine, not one was stopped by an armed civilian. There was a sheriff's deputy at Columbine who fired (and missed) four shots while 11 of the 13 victims were still alive. In August, NYC police officers opened fire on a gunman outside the Empire State Building and wounded nine bystanders. Then we have our self-anointed guardians in Florida who shoot unarmed youth because they felt threatened. And by the way, when was the last time you saw an armed security guard in your branch bank, as LaPierre claimed in his speech on Friday?
The simple truth, as expressed by columnist Charles Blow this weekend, is that more guns equals more deaths. States with low gun ownership rates and reasonable regulations have lower deaths from guns. That, of course, is also true of nations. And from 2009 to 2012, states led by many of the same folks now pushing the more gun solution have cut public mental health services by over four billion dollars. I suppose they will now argue those funds out to be restored and re-directed to the NRA-backed "cop in every school" program. Brilliant.
Before last week, one could certainly have counted me on the pro-regulation side of the gun debate, but this issue of public policy was probably not among the ones on which I felt most passionate. It still probably isn't, although it certainly has ascended. Most of what I have written about before addresses less glitzy things like the millions of American children living in poverty today, or the millions of young men locked up in prison for drug-related offenses at great cost to all of us, or the millions of students enrolled in failed schools. There is no outrage there. None at all. I just hope that the outrage almost of us feel right now on the gun safety issue ends up mattering.


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Stay on target
It sure is an interesting time to be an Android acolyte. The iPhone 8 doubles down on aspects from the divisive iPhone 7 while adding little new. Meanwhile, the iPhone X is full of face-stealing innovation, but at a high, $1,000 cost. The Samsung Galaxy S8/Note 8 is still the mainstream Android phone to beat, and the upcoming Galaxy S9 looks similarly impressive, but even though Samsung phones don't burst into flames anymore we still can't blame you for wanting to look at other options.
However, while the glut of different Android phones has its drawbacks (fragmentation mostly) the upside is you're not limited to one questionable piece of hardware if you want a phone powered by that little green robot. So, now that we've seen the future at Mobile World Congress 2018, here are five upcoming Android phones worth waiting for. And if you're impatient, we've also included links to great phones/Oreo machines that are available right now.
Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact
We can't say no to a good, smallish phone. And just like the original Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact, the XZ2 easily earns our recommendation, especially as one of the best phones of MWC. The XZ2 has a nearly bezel-free 5-inch screen, a powerful updated Snapdragon 845 processor, 4K HDR video recording, and 3D-scanning. No headphone jack or wireless charging are genuine bummers, but these days we're just grateful to get phones we can use with one hand.
In the meantime we recommend the Asus Zenfone Max Plus M1.
It's kind of crazy how relatively fragile most smartphones are considering we bring them with us out into the wild every day and basically depend on them for modern survival. Fortunately, rugged smartphones do exist, and the best one we saw at MWC is the CAT S61.
As expected, the CAT S61 is waterproof and can withstand hard drops, so you can rest easy being rough with it. Plus it has a long-lasting, quick-charging 4,500mAh battery. But the more high-end survival features include humidity and air quality sensors, laser measuring, and a thermal camera. It's not just a phone, it's a doomsday survival tool, which we expect will be very necessary very soon. Fortunately, the CAT S61 launches in Q2.
In the meantime we recommend the HTC U11 EYEs.
BlackBerry Motion
At this point, we're just grateful BlackBerry has been able to make any phones at all since modern smartphones ate their business lunch. Fortunately, BlackBerry's new Android phones like the KeyOne have managed to be pretty good. And the BlackBerry Motion, already out in some territories, seems to continue that trend.
The BlackBerry Motion ($449) sports a 1080p 5.5-inch scratch-resistant screen on a textured metal body. It's got a 4,000mAh battery, Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a 12MP and 8MP camera. It currently runs Android 7.1.1 but it does feature custom software like a privacy locker for hiding files from the cloud as well as a password manager. It's also only available on AT&T and T-Mobile networks but should come to Verizon soon.
In the meantime we recommend the Moto X4.
Honor View 10
The Honor View 10, coming soon to America, was one of the most exciting phones our sister site PCMag checked out at CES 2018. And after seeing what this phone has to offer for less than $500 unlocked, we can't blame them.
The Honor View 10 has a 6-inch, 2,160 by 1,080 LCD screen, a metal unibody, and 16MP and 20MP cameras. It features 128 of internal storage and runs Huawei's EMUI 8.0 version of Android Oreo using a Kirin 970 processor. But what's most interesting is the neural processing unit which uses AI for things like intelligently adjusting photo settings for the subject or translating languages at a faster rate. It's a lot of promising power for the price range.
In the meantime we recommend the LG V30.
Nokia 9
Unshackled from Microsoft, Nokia is once again free to make smartphones with operating systems users want. Probably coming later this year, the Nokia 8 and its premium counterpart the Nokia 9 might feature edge-to-edge displays very similar to the Galaxy S8 (5.5-inch and 1440 x 2560 pixels on the 9 specifically), two vertical 22.1MP cameras, and Android 7.1 Nougat from the start. Other specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with eight, 2.5GHZ CPU cores and an Adreno 540 GPU plus 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The Nokia 8 is available for pre-order in Europe this September, while the Nokia 9 remains more shrouded in mystery. Is Nokia back?
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Operation is concerned with ensuring that the network is running smoothly. One is supposed to identify problems in as fast manner as possible to prevent the users from getting affected by it. Administration comprises the set of techniques needed to keep-in-place the 'house-keeping' act. In other words, the back-ground activities required to create a clean network scene are put under this arm of 'network management'. Moving on, Maintenance is about plugging the occasional failures, i.e. conduction of repairs to ensure continuous working of the network. Finally, Provisioning is needed for suitable configuring of resources in the network to ensure proper support to the service. A number of technologies are available in the market for network device management.
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This is the actual scorecard with Network Management Dashboard and performance indicators. The performance indicators include: operation perspective, frequency of monitoring checks, number of users affected on an average basis, services smoothness index, expansion probability, administration perspective, resource allocation aptness, 'network control aspect', data collection mechanisms, data infrastructure potency, maintenance perspective, average equipment replacement time, device configuration positioning, performance gauging, number of access methods used, network performance assessment perspective, overhead percentage, % dip in network attacks, throughput, network bandwidth utilization level.
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The Manchu multi-starrer 'Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummedha' has received a good response at the Box Office.The movie is doing well in overseas territories and it has racked up a revenue of US$ 1, 70 , 000 as per a press release given out by the team.
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This is the final installment of a three-part series of poetry from *James, an incarcerated youth.
What's Not Happening
The clock isn't moving time is stopped
this door isn't opening it is locked
I'm not going home right now I'm in jail
I don't know what's going on
I'm not here
I'm in a dream
a fantasy
I'm with the girl of my dreams
Everything is perfect
then I hear the key in the lock
I wake up
& I snap back to reality
The clock starts ticking
the door opens
I'm in jail right now
That's what's happening
*James is an incarcerated youth who participated in Performing Arts Workshop's creative writing class. Each year, the Workshop partners with juvenile hall to provide youth with an opportunity to learn critical thinking and creative expression during their incarceration.
*The student author's name has been changed.
Related posts you might enjoy:
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Bench Dining Table
It is absolutely real that tables are of so much significance in any home. You can put anything on your table and you can even keep things in the drawers. Each table can be extremely useful and can be made use of in various ways, depending upon what kind it is.
Among all the type of tables you will discover in your own home, it is surely the dining table that can remind you of a lot of excellent and bad memories that you have actually shared with your family. The dining-room table can even demonstrate exactly what duty an individual plays in a specific household. You can obviously keep in mind those days when you were young when you had your designated seat as well as the other members of your household. However some things have actually altered. There are many homes today making use of benches in their dining-room, the bench table.
We are more familiar with seeing these bench table outdoors, or in locations where families of friends would collect to have a picnic. These tables are utilized so that all the members of a huge group can be accommodated.
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Modern Dance is a dance form that developed in the early twentieth century, partly in reaction to the traditional, more highly technical forms of dance such as ballet. While strongly influenced by classical ballet, the movement of modern dance is more fluid and contains dynamic highlights and tricks of jazz dance, including isolations, kicks, and leaps; alternately, many movements are weighted and close to the earth. Students wanting to take Modern Class must also take a minimum of 2 hours of ballet technique per week.
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Thereafter, she began collaborating as a dancer and instructor with Banning Bouldin and New Dialect, an internationally recognized contemporary dance collective based in Nashville, since the collective's inception in 2012, and more recently as a rehearsal assistant and choreographer.
Her most recent works include Kat 5, a commission by Intersection New Music Ensemble in collaboration with New Dialect and premiered at the Platform in Nashville in April 2016, and Lighthouse, a collaboration with Intermission and New Dialect, which premiered at Monthaven Mansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee in 2017.
She maintains a studio (RA | Studio) where she designs and creates her own line of functional ceramics. In her work as a multi-disciplinary artist, Becky loves to explore the intersection of her experience with the visual arts and dance.


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... Seriously thinking about changing Drs. Acts like I'm just out seeking drugs! He has sent a prescription for Talwin NX ! How will this compare to
Narco! I also have had fibromyalgia for 26 yrs. The doctor didn't ask any questions nor was he interested. This clinic was after hours in a big ortho clinic. I want to find a different doctor but don't know how since the surgery has added so much pain. He put a plate & at least 4 screws in my wrist.
Dr. was extremely rude about refilling pain meds . Said I shouldn't need them anymore from surgery.?
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... Seriously thinking about changing Drs. Acts like I'm just out seeking drugs! He has sent a prescription for Talwin NX ! How will this compare to
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Sorry this is so old to respond too but can you give us an update? How long has it been since surgery? Back at the end of August you said you had a plate and four screws put in your wrist. It might be relevant but what required that type of surgery in the first place?
Did you get the pain management sorted out?
You also need to be aware that some doctors do not believe fibromyalgia is actually a 'thing' due to the sheer number of different symptoms and presentations. The only test we use in Australia (not so helpful as this is supposed to be for a US audience exclusively) is MCSS or multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome as this can turn no or minor symptoms into symptoms and major symptoms.
Please share, and sorry again that your post got buried. Steve
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Five Things to Know Today, June 10, in Montgomery County
Here is your rundown of five things to know today, June 10th, in Montgomery County:
1. Street Beat: Road work begins tonight on the Capital Beltway, and motorists should be prepared for lane closures this weekend.
2. School Board: The Montgomery County Board of Education is planning to hold a closed-door meeting today, to discuss collective bargaining.
3. Commencement Ceremonies: It's graduation day for the Class of 2016 at The Longview School and Richard Montgomery High School.
4. Remembering a Leader: Funeral services will be held today for former County Councilmember Esther Gelman.
5. Live Music: The Junkyard Saints are headlining Friday Night Live at Rockville Town Square tonight.
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We know Oliver from around Surry Hills, he is a gentleman and an all round nice guy. But what we didn't know was man the guy can put together a dope video clip. He entered this video comp at Genero tv and his video for Band of Skulls has made it into the final 6. Holy Red Tube Batman! That's Awesome!.
The impressive thing about the video was the casting, if you actually check out the other contenders (cough cough) you'll notice that a few things are amiss with the casting, which can make for uncomfortable viewing and characters can feel a little pushed. When you get it right with the casting, you know you're half way there and onto a good thing.
Anyway voting is over and now it's up to the Band of Skulls to judge the winner. You can still head over to the page and leave comments. The best thing about this competition is the fact that the band actually chooses the winner. Lets just hope that this great competition retains its credibility. No doubt some corporate fucker is about to wage in with their dollars and try to suck out its soul, pricks.
After checking out the finalists we think this is the winner, hands down. So good luck to Oliver and his crew and congrats on the awesome effort. Some of us can't even get out of bed. ha!
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1. When did you know you wanted to write?
I've always loved to write. The earliest I can remember is in second grade when my teacher, Miss Thelen (does anyone know her?) told my parents I had a knack for it. I'd written a story about a filly and named it after her. I think she was just flattered, is all. Anyway, I wrote long letters to friends when I moved 400 miles away back in the days of unlimited long distance calling and I was reduced to letter writing. I'm thinking it paid off.
2. How long did you work on your first novel, Stuck in the Onesies?
I started SITO a year or so after my mother died and worked on it most weekends for probably ten years while working full time, raising a family, and taking mail-in writing courses (pre-internet).
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5. What's your favorite book?
I love "My Sister's Keeper," "The Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood," "Good in Bed," and "The Help." Oh yeah, then there's "Gone with the Wind."
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Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner are my favorites.
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Hang out with my kids and ten grandkids, put my feet in the sand somewhere near the water (never met a beach I didn't like), and go to the movies.


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Corrado Cancedda was trained in internal medicine and infectious disease. He is an associate physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the Division of Global Health Equity and a practicing clinician within the Department of Medicine, and he is an instructor and teacher of global health delivery within the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cancedda has extensive expertise in curriculum development, global medical education, and academic partnerships.
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Subhash received his medical degree from Pakistan, and his Master's in Public Health (Infectious Diseases) and doctorate in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control from Johns Hopkins University. He is also a member of the charter class Certified in Public Health (CPH) by the National Board of Public Health Examiners, USA.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Back Deck Reveal!
It took me about three 8 hour days to complete by myself. My boys were sick and my honey was working. I power washed it and stained it. Two coats on the floor.
I showed you how bad our patio set looked. A lot of rust cancer.
Then I attacked the old patio set. My honey showed me how to use this evil looking power tool...
It was connected to this contraption of an air compressor.
It spinned really fast and I had to wear protective eye wear. I should have wore jeans as the rust chips were flying off and hitting my legs! However, you can see how well it worked here on the arm of the chair!
There are six chairs and a table. I wore the metal off the tool by the time I was done. Then I wiped them all down and sprayed them with the rust primer.
After priming, I let them dry for an hour and then sprayed them with this olive green. Two cans of primer and seven cans of paint later...
I think it matches the cushions that came with the set really well!
A view of the deck from the woods! Not that anyone sees it but us! Now you can see a better shot of color from the yellow lantern!! I also see one strip of railing that I missed when painting!! UGH! I thought I was done!! Funny what you see in pictures that you miss with the eye!
Doesn't the set look nice now sitting here on the deck? I like the color so much better and not having to deal with the rust is even better! Now I just need to find a deal on some planters to add some flowers to the deck!
I hope you enjoyed day two of the outside reveal!! I still have the mulch job to show you but my honey wants to frame it with rocks to hold the mulch inside. Not sure when that is going to get done!
Thanks for stopping by and come back again to have some sweet tea!!
21 comments:
It looks awesome Bonnie! I love that olive color, I actually was going to use it once, and picked up my yellow instead....now that I see it, I really like it!!~Thanks for your support and encouraging words on the Oprah gig!!~ReplyDelete
you really worked your magic on that outdoor set. looks great, and brand new!ReplyDelete
Hey sweet Bonnie. I will be adding you to my TEAM LAURA sidebar. Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
You made me smile as you currently listed my cousin's name. :)
It happens all the time.
Be blessed,
Laura Ingalls GUNN Hee hee.
Oh Laura! See what happens when a person does things at 5:30 in the morning???? Just typing and not thinking! I fixed it and am sorry! You are such a great sport!ReplyDelete
Bonnie I love your dining set! You did an excellent job on the restoration too! I've never seen that kind of metal sander! Cool! Your deck is looking great! Time to enjoy it with a dinner or two outdoors now!ReplyDelete
Your patio set looks outstanding! Did you rent that tool for getting all the rust off?
You have a beautiful deck to show off your new patio furniture. This looks fabulous.ReplyDelete
Looks great! Fabulous job! I bet you are happy that it is done. That is a big job! Now just sit out there and enjoy it! :)ReplyDelete
oohh-i will be over for lunch out on that deck! looks great!ReplyDelete
Wow, you did a great job! Lots of hard work but the finished product is absolutely beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Mary Ellen
Wow! You did a beautiful job! I can't believe you did all that by yourself! You are a rock star;)!ReplyDelete
I love the table and chairs they look gorgeous with their new coat of paint! I hope you are getting some rest after doing these huge projects!
Everything is wonderful!
What a nice size deck. I love the green color you used on that set. How nice to have room for a table that size.ReplyDelete
Bonnie, Your deck and patio set look brand new and look terrific!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the nice comment on my Home Tour. Hopefully we can sell our house and find a new one in the next 6 months!
Looks brand spankin' new!!! Great job!!!ReplyDelete
Hey Bonnie,ReplyDelete
Thanks for visiting my other blog today. Your deck looks gorgeous. I'm so envious. We need to have a new one built.
Impressive! The deck looks great. We power washed and restained our deck a few months ago and it was like a birthday present!ReplyDelete
You did a great job with the furniture...that is my next project too!
Looks fantastic Bonnie!!!! I love the green on the chairs and the red just really pops and looks beautiful. You deserve a vacation!ReplyDelete
Question for you. I snatched to metal lanterns from my neighbors garbage! They are super rusty. Can I just spray the rust primer or do I have to sand them down? What do you think?
It looks fabulous! Your deck furniture looks like new! You did a good job (and I know it was a lot of work) on the whole makeover. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
The furniture looks amazing - you got to just love spray paint! And I am so impressed you got all of the rust off...I will have to keep this in mind.ReplyDelete
Bonnie, that all looks SO good. I'm impressed with a lady who can use power tools and still be a lady. (I usually leave the tools up to my honey...I'm just a little too clumsy).ReplyDelete
OH I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS! IT TURNED OUT SO BEAUTIFUL!ReplyDelete
I thank you too for showing the can of "rust primer" as I have an old ice cream set (table and chairs) to refinish and my husband keeps telling my I need to sand blast it first...nope I'm buying that stuff:)
Take girlfriend,
I know how busy you are and appreciate that you are taking the time to leave me a comment! God Bless! Bonnie


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National Wedding Dress Day, launched by Bauer title Take a
Break, is going global, as media in China, Russia, the US and
Australia take up the charity stunt.
The event, where women will be sponsored to wear their
wedding dresses on 25 August at work or play, for a charity of
their choice, was initially a UK-based proposition, but interest
from abroad may yet propel the idea into an international event.
In the UK, more than 80 events have been scheduled,
with Take a Break readers registering via the website
The publication said it
has picked up interest from a number of publications worldwide,
including World News Journal, based in Beijing, Australian publisher
ACP's weekly Take Five, Russian women's weekly Chas
Dlja Vas and also Bauer USA.
Editor John Dale said: "It's snowballing.
Women love their wedding
dresses and hate having to put them in
the wardrobe after wearing them for
one day. This is the excuse thousands
of women want — to get their dresses
out again for a good cause."
He added: "But the wonderful thing
is how this sentiment is international.
It knows no boundaries. We've
already had solid interest from Russia,
China and Australia — without
prompting — and we expect much more as the ball continues to
I think it will go truly worldwide and if it does, it's unprecedented,
a piece of media history."
Anait Amirkhanyan, editor of Chas Dlja Vas, a Bauer publication
which has a circulation of more than 400,000, said: "As soon
as I saw this idea, I knew it would appeal to Russian women.
We love our weddings and our wedding dresses just like British
women, and this is a chance to wear them again. It is universal."